tacky
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He feels conflicted about using the word “queer” to categorize his work, but only largely because he does not want his pieces to be reduced to tacky, “kitsch-ified” representations of Latinidad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"As tacky as it sounds, it gives me more confidence in life."
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
The 22-year-old from Fife accepts that sometimes black and white shoots can feel "pretentious and tacky", but from watching the trailer, Spider-Noir feels different.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
One problem, though: Untreated rubber becomes brittle when exposed to cold, and tacky and runny when hot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
It wasn’t a tacky, enormous thing, but rather a slender peak with a blue gem embedded in the center—the only jewel in the statue.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
MLB has switched efforts to develop a tackier baseball and now is working with Rawlings, its supplier since 1977.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
“Any tacky magnet, the tackier the better,” she says.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022
"We actually have a couple of options in terms of tackier balls," Manfred said.
From Fox News ● Nov. 18, 2021
Is it tackier to say something or nothing?
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2020
After we’d gone about halfway through the team, Kevin ended up in the middle, as the tackier against Chas.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
It’s the most wonderful — and tackiest — night of the year at the Anthem, where members of the National Symphony Orchestra perform classic holiday melodies while wearing ugly holiday sweaters.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
The New York Hymnal described the Stonewall as having a "filthy john" and "high prices" and declared it "the tackiest joint in town."
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2017
As the name suggests, guests are invited to wear the ugliest, tackiest holiday gear they can find.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2017
The weirdest music awards show of the year, and the tackiest, loudest live event of August, the VMAs are coming up again this Sunday, with Katy Perry set to host.
From The Verge ● Aug. 18, 2017
So, whatever, we’d shopped for fudge, we’d looked at wind socks, and finally we went into a tourist shop and tried on the tackiest bathing suits we could find.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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